Melbourne, May 5, 2009 (ABN Newswire) - Benitec Limited (ASX:BLT)(PINK:BNIKF) is pleased to announce that the US Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO") has recently withdrawn its novelty objection to Benitec's seminal RNAi interference US patent 6,573,099, often referred to as the "Graham" patent. This patent has been undergoing re-examination as outlined in previous announcements.
